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Carers
The Carer Services Program provides support for people who are caring for someone who has a disability, is frail aged or has memory loss. This free service, funded through the HACC program, is available for people living in the Woollahra, Waverley, Randwick, Botany and City of Sydney areas. Support is offered by way of individual support and advocacy, carer groups, information forums, skills development and social days for carers. A major focus of the network is reaching carers through GPs, hospitals and pharmacists and linking them to available and appropriate support services. At Holdsworth we seek to promote recognition and understanding of a Carer’s role through Carers Week and other media opportunities. If you are a carer the Carer Services Program can identify aged and disability support services and connect you to ones that are suitable for you. By looking after yourself, the person for whom you care will also benefit. For more information about Services for Carers
you can download a As part of our work with carers Holdsworth Community Centre & Services has been running writing workshops in which each person has been writing the story of his or her personal experiences as a carer of a family member – a child with a disability or a partner or parent with dementia. Tapping into their creative sides and working with professional writers has helped participants to acknowledgethe journey they have taken as carers and to confront with enthusiasm the wide range of emotions every carer has to deal with. Opening the doors was launched on 21 October 2008 (see (MediaRelease) by Rev. Dorothy McRae- McMahon. Cost $12 if collected from the Centre or $15 if mailed (incl. GST) Order Form
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Anyone
who has the enormous responsibility of caring for a person who
is frail aged or disabled, finds their own needs often being put
aside. You may be a parent, husband, wife, partner, son, daughter,
family member or friend.
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